Executive Order 7781 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7781—Amending Executive Order No. 5517 of December 17, 1930, Excluding a Tract of Land From the Chugach National Forest

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Thursday, December 30, 1937

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1 min read (108 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-12-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 5517 of December 17, 1930, Excluding a Tract of Land From the Chugach National Forest." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 5517 of December 17, 1930, excluding a certain tract of land from the Chugach National Forest, in Alaska, and restoring it to entry under the applicable public-land laws, is hereby amended so as to make the metes-and-bounds description of the said tract of land conform to the survey designated "U.S.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

108

612 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7781, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 30, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7781-amending-executive-order-no-5517-december-17-1930-excluding-tract.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALASKA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), Executive Order No. 5517 of December 17, 1930, excluding a certain tract of land from the Chugach National Forest, in Alaska, and restoring it to entry under the applicable public-land laws, is hereby amended so as to make the metes-and-bounds description of the said tract of land conform to the survey designated "U.S. Survey No. 2267, Alaska", a plat of which is on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D.C. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 30, 1937.